Tag Archives: Leaders
The Song With the Hidden Message for Dreamers
Posted on 07. Feb, 2010 by Geoff.
Had lunch with a great friend, Roger (Rhoades), who’s a 30+/year relationship counselor. Somehow we got on the subject of people who are spectators of life vs. people on the field in the game, and the song “Centerfield” by John Fogerty came up.
The chorus is amazingly insightful to me as an advisor who works [...]
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A reason, a season or a lifetime?
Posted on 17. Jun, 2009 by Geoff Wasserman.
Spoke with a friend/client the other day (thanks Carrol), and in the middle of our discussion she mentioned a powerful concept on a personal level that has tremendous application for business leaders, especially in small organizations…It’s a paradigm that will free you up from a lot of the stress we as entrepreneurs put on ourselves [...]
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Reproducers vs. Producers
Posted on 14. Jun, 2009 by Geoff Wasserman.
You’ve probably heard it said that seeds produce after their own kind. In other words, Apple seeds don’t produce cucumbers, they produce apples. Acorns produce oak trees. A seed produces what’s in it.
At the top of most organizations and/or divisions, there’s generally one of two types of leaders: Reproducers or Producers.
Reproducers, generally, are reproducers because they reproduce [...]
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What do you need?
Posted on 04. Jun, 2009 by Geoff Wasserman.
I had lunch with an old (he prefers “longstanding!”) friend the other day. He’s the Director for a significant worldwide organization, with lots of influence, but that’s not why we were meeting, it was really just a “let’s catch up”. After catching up on each others’ lives personally and professionally, he caught me off guard [...]
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Independent, Dependent or Interdependent?
Posted on 16. May, 2009 by Geoff Wasserman.
Organizations that struggle with culture typically find, at the root of the struggle to create a dynamic culture, this dilemma: The leadership either is firmly rooted in the belief that their organization must be one of 2 polar opposites when it comes to leading and managing people:
1) Hire and train people who want a dependent [...]
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Who can you really Count On? Stick Your No’s out now & then to find out
Posted on 12. May, 2009 by Geoff Wasserman.
I’ve been incredibly blessed over the last few years with a team who consistently brings new, well-thought out ideas to me not just for our clients, but for us to grow our business. As leaders who constantly are plowing new ground and changing personally and professionally to meet needs of an ever-shifting marketplace, it’s important [...]
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Step On Some Toes
Posted on 10. May, 2009 by Geoff Wasserman.
I had a baseball coach in high school who, when he saw any of us standing around, would shout, “Get moving, you’re not here to kill grass and make my turf brown!”. People who stay in one place too long, get offended, and refuse to recognize their own pride, usually get their toes stepped on by [...]
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